GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
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canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
wanton | merciless |
provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
expound | to set forth : state |
spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
codify | to reduce to a code |